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Vitamin and mineral supplementation and academic performance in schoolchildren

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Michael Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, London W8 7AH
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Nutrition and cognitive efficiency’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1992

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